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Kimblesworth Civil Parish

Reference: CP/Ki Catalogue Title: Kimblesworth Civil Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1894-1986

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KIMBLESWORTH PARISH COUNCIL (Ref: CP/Ki 1-16)

Kimblesworth was a township of Witton Gilbert parish
- part of Durham Poor Law Union 1834-1930
- a civil parish in 1866, with an elected council from 1894
- part of Durham Rural Sanitary District 1875-1894
- part of Durham Rural District 1894-1974
- part of Durham City District 1974-2009, becoming Kimblesworth and Plawsworth Civil Parish in 1986

Minutes (Ref: CP/Ki Section 1)

1, 6-8


Minutes, 1920 - 1935
(1 volume)


Minute book for the annual parish meeting, 31 March 1896 - 31 March 1982
(1 volume)


Minute book, 23 April 1974 - 28 March 1984
(1 volume)


Minutes, 25 April 1984 - 26 February 1986
(71 papers)

Elected members (Ref: CP/Ki Section 2)

9, 15


Forms of Declaration of Acceptance of Office, 13 December 1894 - 18 May 1983
(1 volume)


Parish Councillors' Declarations of Acceptance of Office 1949-1987 - the years 1986 and 1987 are for Kimblesworth and Plawsworth Parish Council [see CP/KiPl]
(1 volume)

Financial Records (Ref: CP/Ki Section 3)

2-3, 10-11, 16


Accounts of receipts and payments, 1931 - 1937
(1 volume)


Accounts of receipts and payments, 1936 - 1949
(1 volume)


Audited and signed receipts and payments book, 26 April 1978 - 16 May 1986
(1 volume)


Precept receipt book for payments to Durham District Council by Kimblesworth Parish Council under the Rating and Valuation Acts (1925-1971), 1 April 1978 - 1 April 1985
(1 volume)


Postage book 1955-1987
(1 volume)

Correspondence (Ref: CP/Ki Section 4)

4-5


File containing correspondence and notes re the installation of electric lighting on the main road from Kimblesworth Colliery Railway Bridge to Pity Me Bank, 1923 - 1924; correspondence with Post Office re installation of telephone and other miscellaneous correspondence, 1923 - 1926; copy of Durham Rural District Council Bye-laws re slaughterhouses, 1925; nomination papers for election of parish councillors, 1931
(1 file)


File containing copies of agreement between Charlow & Sacriston Colliery Co. and Kimblesworth Parish Council to light parish, 1896, 1914; accounts for payment, tenders and miscellaneous correspondence, 1936 - 1937; correspondence re erection of Framwellgate Moor Council School, 1938
(1 file)

Burial ground (Ref: CP/Ki Section 5)

14


29 January 1948 (1) Parish Council of Kimblesworth (2) Parish Council of Plawsworth Agreement for the formation of a joint committee for the provision of a burial ground
(1 paper)

Playing Field (Ref: CP/Ki Section 6)

12


1 June 1950 (1) Durham Rural District Council (2) Kimblesworth Parish Council Lease from (1) to (2) of land at Kimblesworth for a children's playing field (1.5 acres) Attached: map of area let Scale: 1 : 2500 Rent: 5s. per annum
(1 file)

Telecomms (Ref: CP/Ki Section 7)

13


2 October 1924 (1) Parish Councils of Kimblesworth and Plawsworth (2) His Majesty's Postmaster General Agreement to open and work a telephone call office at the sub-post office at Tan Hills
(1 file)